82.12.02082 - Exemptions -- Digital products or services -- Made available for free to general public. - Washington Statutes

Exemptions — Digital products or services — Made available for free to general public.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the use by a business or other organization of digital goods, digital codes, digital automated services, or services defined as a retail sale in RCW 82.04.050(6)(b) for the purpose of making the digital good or digital automated service, including a digital good or digital automated service acquired through the use of a digital code, or service defined as a retail sale in RCW 82.04.050(6)(b) available free of charge for the use or enjoyment of the general public. For purposes of this section, "general public" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.08.02082. The exemption provided in this section does not apply unless the user has the legal right to broadcast, rebroadcast, transmit, retransmit, license, relicense, distribute, redistribute, or exhibit the product, in whole or in part, to the general public.

[2010 c 111 § 501; 2009 c 535 § 603.]

Notes: Purpose -- Retroactive application -- Effective date -- 2010 c 111: See notes following RCW 82.04.050.

Intent -- Construction -- 2009 c 535: See notes following RCW 82.04.192.